Marine benthic algae of the South Kamchatka state wildlife sanctuary (Kamchatka, Russia)

• Published in: Botanica Marina
• Main Authors: Selivanova, Olga N., Zhigadlova, Galina G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2009
• Subjects: Plant Science; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Pacific; Kamchatka
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot.2009.003; https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/BOT.2009.003/xml; https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/BOT.2009.003/pdf

Abstract We present new data on marine algae of the South Kamchatka state wildlife sanctuary (Yuzhno-Kamchatskii Zakaznik, Russia), a protected natural area of federal significance. The species list of macrophytic marine algae is accompanied by information on their reproduction and distribution. This list updates the taxonomy and expands a previous list, with many new species, including 2 species previously unknown from the Pacific coasts of Russia ( Colaconema endophyticum , Acrochaetium plumosum ), 2 species new to the coasts of Kamchatka ( Colaconema daviesii and Acrochaete geniculata ), and 11 species recorded for the first time from the area studied ( Erythrocladia irregularis , Palmaria hecatensis , Palmaria mollis , Meiodiscus concrescens , Crossocarpus lamuticus , Cirrulicarpus ruprechtianum , Rhodomela sibirica , Urospora elongata , Zygomitus reticulatus , Acrochaete ramosa , Acrochaete pterosiphoniae ) (Nagai) Zhigadlova, comb. nov. (= Entocladia pterosiphoniae ). The importance of the wildlife sanctuary for the conservation of biodiversity in Kamchatka is noted.